Hair curling device



HAIRCURLING DEVICE James Ficicchy, Hyde Park, Mass.

Application July 18, 1957, Serial No. 672,699

' 7 Claims. '(Cl. 132-42 curl. individually, usually employing a wad of cotton soaked with the setting fluid to daub each curl with an appropriate quantity of such fluid. Obviously, this is a laborious and messy task and does not produce uniform results. V g

It is, therefore, the'main object of the present invention to provide a curling device which eliminates the unsatis factory procedure of applying the curl setting fluid as above described: By means of the present invention, not only is the time consuming and untidy handling of the setting fluid avoided, but each curl is assured similar treatment so as to result in neater overall appearance.

The foregoing is accomplished by providing a curling device which incorporates a means for uniformly distributing a measured quantity of setting fluid throughout each individual curl without the necessity for an operator coming into contact with the fluid at all. The device includes a generally tubular perforate body member about 1 about the body member.

In the following specification there is described and in the accompanying drawing shown an illustrative embodiment of the present invention. It is, however, to be clearly understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described for purposes of illustration only, inasmuch as changes may be made therein without the exercise of invention and within the true spirit and scope of the claims hereto appended.

In said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the curling device of th present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken through the center of said device; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more in detail to the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the curling devices of the present invention, the numeral 10 designates a tubular body member made, for example, of a suitable plastic material. The member 10 is closed at one end, as at 11, and open at the other, to provide a capsule-receiving socket or bore 12 of substantially uniform diameter throughout its length. The outer diameter of the member 10 may in- 2,874,705 Patented Feb. 24, 1959 crease from the center toward both ends, as shown, so as to aid in retaining the curl in place afterit is wound thereabout. v

The body member 10 is provided with a plurality of openings 13 communicating with the socket 12 and arranged in alternately staggered rows, and is further pro vided with a capsule-puncturing means, such as a pair of' oppositely disposed blades 14 which extend into the socket 13 near the openend thereof.

The body member 10 is completed by a cord or other 'curl-f asteningmeans 15, one end 16 of which is knotted and engaged in a'slot 17 formed in the member 10 and the other end of whichis aflixed to a plug 18 adapted to close the open end of the socket 12 after the curl 'has been wound on said member and the capsule hereinafter described is inserted into said member 10.

The socket 12 is adapted to receive a capsule 19 preferably made of a thin plastic material which is easily severed or punctured, one end of the capsule being closed as made and the other end being closed by a plug 20 after the capsule is filled with any appropriate standard curl-setting This completes the description of the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the curlingdevicesof the present invention and its manner of use may be described as follows. i

Hair to be 'c'urled'is wound about the body member 10 in the :usual manner. The capsule 19 containing curlsetting fluid is inserted into the socket 12, thecapsule becoming engaged and cut by the blades 14 as it is being inserted. As soon as the capsule is completely inserted into the socket, the open end of the socket is closed by the plug 18 which brings the cord 15 into contact with the wound curl and prevents the same from unwinding.

The curl-setting fluid flows out of the punctured capsule and by virtue of the openings 13 in the body member 10,

into contact with the curl wound. about said member 10. By reason of the arrangement or pattern of these openings 13, the fluid becomes substantially uniformly distributed throughout the curl. As in the case of conventional curl setting, the curling device of the present invention is allowed to stay in place for an appropriate time and thereafter is removed by disengaging the plug 18 from the socket 12 and sliding the body member 10 out of the curl. The used capsule 19 is slid out of the member 10 and the latter is ready for further use.

This completes the description of the mode of operation of the curling device of the present invention.

It will be noted from all of the foregoing that a simple, inexpensive curling device has been provided which permits the curling of a womans hair with the expenditure ofconsiderably less labor than'has heretofore been the case and without the necessity for the operator coming into messy contact with the setting fluid. It will also be noted that by virtue of the use of a measured quantity of the setting fluid with each curl, more uniform results are obtained.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates.

What is claimed is:

l. A hair curling device comprising: a foraminous body member about which hair is adapted to be wound to form a curl; a capsule, containing a curl-setting fluid, adapted to be inserted into said body member; and means, carried by said body member, for puncturing said capsule, along substantially the entire length thereof, as it is being inserted into said body member, whereby said fluid can flow out of said capsule and into contact with said curl.

2. A hair curling device comprising: a perforated tubular body member about which hair is adapted to be wound to form a curl; said body member being closed at one end and open at the other to provide acapsule-receiving'socket; a capsule, containing a curl-setting fluid, adapted to be inserted into said socket; and' means, carried by said body member, for puncturing said capsule, along substantially the entire length'thereof, as itis being inserted into said socket, whereby said fluid can flow out of said capsule and into contact with said curl.

3. A hair curlingdevice comprising: a foraminous body member about which hair is adapted to be wound to form a curl; a capsule, containing a curl-setting fluid, adapted to be inserted into said body member; and a blade carried by said body member and extending therein in the path'of said capsule for cutting said capsule as it is being inserted into said body member, whereby said fluid can flow out of said capsule and into contact with saidcurl.

4. A hair curling device comprising: a perforated tubular body member about which hair is adapted to be wound to form a curl; said body member being closedtat one end and open at the other to provide I a capsule-receiving socket; a capsule, containing a curl-setting fluid, adapted to be inserted into said socket; and a blade carried by said body member and extending into saidtsocket in the path of said capsule for cutting said capsule as it is being insorted into said socket, whereby said fluid can flow out of said capsule and into contact with said curl.

5. A hair curling device comprising: a fora'minous body member about which hair is adapted to be wound to form a curl; a capsule, containing a curl-setting fluid, adapted to be inserted into said body member; means, carried by said body member, for puncturing said capsule, along substantially the entire length thereof, as it is being inserted into said body member, whereby said fluid can flow' out of said capsule and into contact with said curl; and means carried by said body member for retaining said curl wound thereabout. I

6. A hair curling device comprising: a perforated tubular body member about which hair is adapted to be wound to form a curl; said body member being closed at one end and open at the other to provide a capsule-receiving socket; a capsule, containing a curl-setting fluid, adapted to be inserted into said socket; means, carried by said body member, for puncturing said capsule, along substantially the entire length thereof, as it is being inserted into said socket, whereby said fluid can flow out of said capsule and into contact with said curl; and means carried by said body member for retaining said curl wound thereabout.

7. A hair curling device comprising: a perforated tubular body member about which hair is adapted to be wound to form a curl; said body member being closed at one end and open at the other to provide a capsule-receiving socket; a capsule, containing a curl-setting fluid, adapted to be inserted into said socket; a blade carried by said body member and extending into said socket in the path of said capsule for cutting said capsule as it is being inserted into said socket, whereby said fluid can flow out of said capsule and into contact with said curl, and means carried by said body member for retaining said curl wound thereabout.

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